Decrease of n-acetylaspartate after ACTH therapy in patients with infantile spasms

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 262-267

  Maeda, H ^a   Furune, S ^b   Nomura, K ^b   Kitou, O ^b   Ando, Y ^c   Negoro, T ^c   Watanabe, K ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH induced brain atrophy; Infantile spasms; MRS

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPARTIC ACID; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0030696205     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973711     Document Type: Article

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